Pipe rack



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PIPE RACK Filed Jan. 21, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR,

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- PIPE RACK Filed Jan. 21, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 4, 1933 LI r I UNITED STATES, PATENT oFFlcE WILLIAM CECIL, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

PIPE RACK Application filed January 21, 1933. Serial No. 652,839.

. My invention relates generally to the asprovision of pipe supportingmeans as above sociation with a container for tobacco and the variouslycharacterized in the formof an at like, of a means for supporting fromsaid contachment to a tobacco jar or container; the

tainer instrumentalities employing the conprovision with a container, ofa pipe cleaner tained material or of utility in connection container,associated therewith in a novel therewith, such as smokers pipes or thelike, manner; the further provision with a conand coordinately relatesto an arrangement tainer, of pipe supporting means which can whereby theassociation is attained by means also serve as a handle for thecontainer. which are in the form of an attachment for,Intheembodimenthereinillustrated,Ishow the container. a more orless'conventional type of tobacco In the drawings herein, I haveillustrated jar and the association therewith ofa pipe my container asintended to receive tobacco holder which may, if desired, be in the formor the like, and, therefore I have illustrated of an attachment readilydetachable theremy instrumentalities as smokers pipes and from tomaintain thepipe rack in the desired 15 pipe cleaners. The disclosure ofmy invenor associated relation. The pipe rack is in tion will thereforebe by specific reference to the form of a plurality of'membersillustrated a tobacco jar and associated pipe holding and in thedrawings as generally annular and suppipc cleaning means. ported fromthe container so as to be angu- Among the more important objects of mylarly adjustable thereabout both in reference invention are: theprovision of an arrangeto the container and in reference to each othmentwhereby pipes can be supported from a er. The members are illustrated aseach pro- 7 container at varying elevations; the provivided with anoutwardly extending flange to sion with a container, of pipe supportingserve to support a pipe, as, for'example, by means so devised andconstructed as to be means of an opening formedtherethrough to p 25capable of supporting a variable number of receive the pipes therein;The flanges and pipes; the provision with a container, of pipe themembers are so constructed and related supporting means so devised andconstructed that the flanges are at different elevations so as to becapable of adjustment for purposes that the pipes securedto each of theflanges of supporting the pipes in varying lateral rewill also be sosupported and they are fur M lation about the container; the provisionwith ther so related that the openings in the flanges a container, ofpipe supporting means so dewhen brought into and out of registrationvised and constructed as to be capable of supwill decrease or increasethe pipe carrying porting a variable number of pipes and of capacity andfurthermore, when adjusted supporting the pipes at different elevations;laterally of each other by relative angular the provision with acontainer, of pipe supmovements will vary the relative lateral posi-'porting means so devised and constructed as tions of the pipes supportedby the rack. to be capable of adjustment for supporting a The generalobject of my invention is the variable number of pipes and in varyingnovel association with a tobacco jar of a new lateral relationships ofthe pipes about the and improved pipe rack and also of means container;the provision with a container of for holding pipe cleaning means. pipesupporting means so devised and 0011- For the attainment of theseobjects and structed as to be capable of supporting pipes such otherobjects as may hereinafter apat varying elevations in reference to theconpe r I b point d I v ii m i tainer and at adjusted lateral positionsabout the drawings, cert i m m n s of my the container; the provisionwith a container invention, wherein: Y of pipe supporting means sodevised and con- Figure 1 shows in side elevation, one emstructed andassociated with the container as bodiment of my invention, parts beingbroken to be capable of supporting a variable numaway; v j I ber ofpipes at different elevations and in Figure 2 is atop plan view ofFigure 1; 5O varying positions of lateral relationship; the Figure 3 isa perspective of Figure 1; 1

Figure 4 is a top elevational view of the container with the coverremoved and with the position of parts slightly varied;

. in which the bottom 11 is elevated. The

member 12 is a closure member for the container also of a more or lessconventional type.

In order to attain all of the advantages hereinafter to be more fully,referred to, I have illustrated my pipe rack in the various figures ofthe drawings as made up of a plurality of members mounted for relativeadjustment, and these members are shown in some of the embodiments as inthe form of flat annuli 15, seven being shown in the em; bodiment ofFigures 1 and 3', byway of example. These flat annuli are shown aspositioned in superimposed relation to form a compact pipe rack assemblyas shown clearly in Figures 1 and 3, the assembly being supported in anypreferred or desired manner as forv example between beads 17 and 18formed on the side wall of the container. The fitbetween each of theannuli, 15 of the rack assembly and the container is such as to permitof a freerotation of the members 15 relatively to each other and to thecontainer.

I Each annulus 15 is so devised and constructed as to serve tosupport apipe as for example in the manner shown in the drawings in which eachannulus 15 is provided with the outwardly projecting flanges 19 in whichis formed the opening 20 and the openings 20 of all of the annuli are sodimensioned and related as to be capable of being brought intoregistration for the purpose that will more fully appear hereinafter.

. In Figure 1 of the drawings I have shown these'members 15 as angularlyadjusted so as to bring the openings 20 of all of them intoregistration, in which position the rack assembly will serve tosupport'a single pipe received through the registering openings 20, asfor example by positioning the pipe in the manner shownin Figure 5 ofthe drawings, that is, with the bowl on top and the stem pendant andpassed through the registering openings 20. In this position of theflanges 19 and the openings 20, the assembled flanges serve usefullyadditionally to provide a handle member for the container inthe mannerments are shown, my pipe rack can have its elements 15 adjusted so as topresent support for any number of pipes from one to seven. Furthermore,due to the free angular adjustability of the members 15 with relation'toeach other, and to the container, any desired angular position of anysingle pipe supporting member 19 or of any group of members relative tothe others and to the container can be attained so that the lateralrelationship of the supported pipes can be varied. By the arrangementhereinabove described,

I attain the further result that due to the positioning of the members15 in vertical relationship, a group of pipes when supported in therack, the members of which are adusted to the position shown for examplein Figure 1, will. have the individual pipes supported at differentelevations and this the rack herein disclosed will accommodate it selfto pipes of varied length. Of course,

it will be understood in connection with this feature of my invention ofthe varied elevation of the different supports 19, that while I haveillustrated its attainment by the employment of a rack assemblycomprising a plurality of members adjustable as above set forth becausethis arrangement other advantages are also attained, nevertheless, theattainment of'a difference in the elevation of the supports for theindividual pipes can be attained by a plural pipe holding rack which isnot in the form of an assembly of units, or if in the form of anassembly of units, has its units adjustable. p

In the embodiment of the invention above described the rack assembly isshown as maintained in association with the container against readydisassociation by means of the beads 17 and 18. The rack need not be soassociated and can be associated so as to be readily assembled anddisassembled from the container in any preferred or desired manner asfor example in the manner shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7 of the drawings,wherein I show the top bead 17 as broken away as shown at 27 and theannuli 15' as each provided with inwardly extending projections or teats29 so positioned and contoured that by bringing the projections 29 ofthe memhere 15 into registration with the openings 27 through the bead17, the members 15 can be removed one at a time, and in the specificembodiment of Figures 6, 7 and 8, I'have shown the projections 29 asduplicated. on all the members 15 with reference to the position offlange 19 and the opening 20 whereby upon bringing the openings 20 intoregistration, the projections 29 also are brought into registration.WVith this assembly position of the members 15, the registeringprojections 29 can be brought into registration with the openings 27through the bead 17 and the rack elements 15 and can then be associatedwith and disassociated from the container as a unit assembly. 7

In the embodiments of Figures 1 to 9 inelusive, I have shown the rackelements 15 as in the form of annuli formed flat and as a stamping. Itwill be understood that these elements can take various embodiments. Forexample, in Figures 9 and 10 I show these elements as formed frommaterial in wire form, by a bending operation to provide two arms 40 and41 arranged, constructed and dimensioned to freely encompass thecontainer, as for example, and to be received for example between thebeads 17 and 18 of Figure 1 to permit generally of the attainment of allof the objectives of the corresponding elements 15 in Figure 1. Each ofthese wire like members is further provided with a loop 43 formedintermediate the arms 40 and 11 to serve the purposes of the flange 19and to provide an opening 45 corresponding to the opening 20 inFigure 1. Where desired, these wire members can be made sufficientlyflexible that while maintaining the rack elements in assembled relationabout the container, yet by the application of suflicient pressure, theycan be readily removed therefrom.

While I have illustrated in each of the embodiments thus far described,the provision in each of the rack elements of a single opening forsupporting a pipe, it will be understood here also that the constructioncan be varied within limits and I have shown in Figure 11, as anexample, the rack members 15 received below the bead 17" as eachprovided with a flange 19 made sufliciently large to have providedtherein two openings 20" to receive two pipes.

My invention further contemplates the association with a tobacco jar ofmeans for holding pipe cleaners and the like and upon viewing Figure 1of the drawings, I show for this purpose, an elongated receptacle 60supported from the container in any preferred or desired manner, as forexample, from the inside wall of the container 10 as shown in thedrawings. This receptacle 60 is made of a sufficient length so as toreceive pipe cleaners and the like with the ends 62 projecting throughthe open top of the receptacle 60.

In order to properly integrate this receptacle with the tobaccocontainer, I so dim-ension the receptacle 60 and so position it withreference to the container that its open top is below the top of thecontainer as shown in the drawings, and its lower portion projectsthroughthe bottom 11 of the container.

As a result of this arrangement I am .enabled to employ the space belowthe bottom of the container for adding to the length of the receptacle60 and thus provide sufiicient length for permitting the pipe cleanersto project beyond the top of the receptacle 60 without interfering withthe cover.

Theeover member 12 has been shaped as shown in Figure 1 so as toreceiveand hold a moistening element, such as a sponge, shown at in thisfigure.

In the various embodiments I have illustrated the pipesas supported bowlup, although it will be understood'that they can be supported bowl down,as for example, by slightly widening the base of container 10 andproperly contouring this base for this purpose. So also, I have shownthe pipe stems as received through 'the'openings in the flanges 19, 19,19", although upon Viewing Figures 4 and 7 of the drawings, it will beobserved that the stems can be received between these flanges and withthe bowls either up or down.

Therefore, while I have illustrated and described certain specificembodiments of my invention it will be understood that the scope of myinvention is not to berestricted to such embodiments either as todimensions or con tours or manner of use or otherwise, unless suchrestrictions are necessarily called for by the language of the claims.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A pipe supporting attachment for a tobacco; jar comprising aplurality of units in assembled relation, each unit comprising meansadapted to secure itto the tobacco jar so that'the units are capable ofrelativeadjustment relatively to each other and to the tobacco jar, eachunit comprising additionally means for supporting a pipe so devised andconstructed that as the units are relatively adjusted, the pipesupporting means may be varied positionally relatively to each other andto the tobacco jar and the pipe supporting capacity of the assemblyincreased or decreased.

2. A pipe supporting attachment for a so thatthe units are capable ofrelative adjustment relatively to each other and to the tobacco jar,each unit comprising additionally means for supporting a pipe so devisedand constructed that as the units are relatively adjusted, the pipesupporting means may be varied positionally relatively to each other andto the tobacco jar and the pipe supporting capacity of the assemblyincreasedor decreased, the pipe supporting means of the variousunitsbeing so related as to support pipes at different elevations. 3. A pipesupporting attachment for a tobacco jar comprising a plurality ofunitsin assembled relation each unit comprising means adapted to secureit to the tobacco jar for adjustment of said unit about the tobacco jar,and each unit also comprising laterally extending means having anopening therethrough for supporting a pipe by means of the bowl :withthe stem extending downwardly through the-opening, the units beingadapted to be supported about the jar with.

said laterally extending means at difierent elevations whereby the pipeswill be supported at different elevations andwhereby the units can beadjusted to bring two or more of the aforementioned openings intovertical relation so as to reduce the pipe carrying capacity oftheassembly.

4. A pipe supporting attachment for a tobacco jar comprising a pluralityof units in'assembled relation each unit comprising a ring embracingthejar and laterally extending means having an opening therethrough forsupporting a pipe bymeans of the bowl with the stem extending downwardlythrough the opening, the units being adapted to be supported about thejar With the rings in superimposed relation with said laterallyextending means at different elevations whereby the pipes will besupported at different elevations and whereby the units can be adjustedto bring two or more of the aforementioned openings into verticalrelation so as to reduce the pipe carrying capacity of the assembly.

5. A pipe supporting attachment for a tobacco jar comprising a pluralityof units in assembled relation each unit comprising a ring embracing theand laterally ex tending means having an opening theretlirough forsupporting a pipe by means of the bowl with the stem extending down-Wardlythrough the opening, the units bein adapted to be supported aboutthe jar witii the rings in superimposed relation with said laterallyextending means at different elevations whereby the pipes will'besupported at different elevations and wherebythe units can be adjustedto bring two or more of the aforementioned openings into verticalrelation so as to reduce'the pipe carrying capacity of the assembly andmeans for maintaining said rings from moving vertically.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

WILLIAM CECIL.

